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W. W. Kimball Co. Opus 6983 (1927)

University Temple United Methodist Church
1415 NE 43rd
Seattle, WA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


1955-01-01 - Console detail (Photograph by William J. Bunch; digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1955-01-01 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by William J. Bunch; digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1955-01-01 - Choir division (Photograph by William J. Bunch; digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1927-01-01 - Console (Photograph by William J. Bunch; digital image produced with permission by James R. Stettner./Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Beautiful, English-style drawknob console. Great, Swell, Choir, Solo, Echo, and Pedal. Dedicated by E. Power Biggs. Installed in four chambers at the front of the church - two on each side of the chancel. Echo division in ceiling chamber at the rear of the church. Organ replaced by a new III-manual, 56-rank Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. instrument in 1970s. 17 ranks of Kimball retained in the new organ. -Database Manager

2006-10-18 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Cost of the organ is recorded by William J. Bunch of Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. as $40,000.00. -Database Manager

2009-11-18 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- A new remote, Wicks combination action was added by Charles W. Allen in 1959. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist taken from files at Balcom and Vaughan Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Seattle, Washington
University Temple United Methodist Church

W.W. Kimball Co., Opus 6983, 1927 - "Original Specifications"
 
GREAT (Expressive w/Choir)
   16    Double Open Diapason       12  +
   8     First Open Diapason        73
   8     Second Open Diapason       73  +
   8     Concert Flute              73
   8     Gemshorn                   73
   8     Viola                      73
   4     Octave               (Ch)  --  #
   4     Flute                      12
   2-2/3 Twelfth              (Ch)  --  #
   2     Fifteenth            (Ch)  --  #
   III   Mixture   [12-15-19]      183
   8     Tuba Horn                  73
         Tremolo
         Chimes             (Echo)  --

   Great 16'
   Great Unison Off
   Great 4'

SWELL (Expressive)
   16    Gedeckt                    12  *
   8     Diapason Phonon            73  %
   8     Stopped Flute              61  *
   8     Clarabella                 73
   8     Viole d'Gambe              61  ^
   8     Vox Celeste                73
   8     Echo Salicional            73
   8     Voix Celeste               73
   4     Flute d'Amour              12  *
   4     Violina                    12  ^
   2-2/3 Nasard                      7  *
   2     Flautino                    5  *
   1-3/5 Tierce                      4  *
   III   Dolce Cornet              183
   16    Contra Fagotto             12  &
   8     Cornopean                  73
   8     Oboe Horn                  61  &
   4     Oboe Clarion               12  &
         Tremolo
  [8]    Celesta Sub          (Ch)  --

   Swell 16'
   Swell Unison Off
   Swell Super 4'

CHOIR (Expressive w/Great)
   16    Contra Gamba               73  =
   8     Violin Diapason            85  #
   8     Melodia                    61
   8     Dulciana                   73
   8     Unda Maris                 73
   4     Wald Flute                 12
   2-2/3 Nazard                      7
   2     Piccolo                     5
   8     Clarinet                   73
   8     English Horn               73
         Tremolo
  [4]    Celesta                   (__)
  [8]    Celesta Sub               (__)

   Choir 16'
   Choir Unison Off
   Choir 4'

SOLO (Expressive)
   8     Stentorphone               73
   8     Tibia Clausa               73
   8     Viol d'Orchestre           73
   8     Viol Celeste               73
   16    Trombone                   12  >
   8     Harmonic Tuba              61  >
   8     French Horn                73
   4     Tuba Clarion               12  >
         Tuba Tremolo
         Tremolo

   Solo 16'
   Solo Unison Off
   Solo 4'

ECHO (Expressive - Antiphonal)
   8     English Diapason           61
   8     Stopped Flute              61   Actually, open wood.
   8     Viole Aetheria             61
   8     Vox Angelica               61
   8     Vox Humana                 61   With Auto Tremulant
         Tremulant
         Chimes                    (20)
         Chimes Soft
         Chimes Sustain  

PEDAL (Expressive)
   32    Acoustic Bass              --
   16    Diaphone             (Sw)  12  %
   16    Diapason    [wood]         32  **
   16    Second Diapason      (Gt)  --
   16    Bourdon              (So)  12  @
   16    Contra Gamba         (Ch)  --  =
   16    Lieblich Gedeckt     (Sw)  --
   8     Octave                     12  **
   8     Cello                (Ch)  --  =
   8     Flute                      32  ~
   4     Flute                      12  ~
   16    Trombone             (So)  --  >
   16    Contra Fagotto       (Sw)  --  &
   8     Tuba                 (So)  --  >
   4     Tuba Clarion         (So)  --  >

COUPLERS
   Solo  to Pedal                  8,4
   Swell to Pedal                  8
   Great to Pedal                  8
   Choir to Pedal                  8

   Solo  to Great               16,8,4
   Swell to Great               16,8,4
   Choir to Great               16,8,4
   Echo  to Great               16,8,4

   Swell to Choir                  8

   Solo  to Swell                  8
   Choir to Swell                  8,4

   Echo  to Solo             On or Off

FINGER PISTONS
   Universal                     1 - 8
   Echo                          1 - 5
   Solo                          1 - 7
   Swell                         1 - 7
   Great                         1 - 7
   Choir                         1 - 7

TOE STUDS
   Pedal                         1 - 7
   Gt. to Ped.                   (rev)
   Solo to Ped.                  (rev)
   Sforzando                     (rev)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Solo-Master                  (bal.)
   Echo Expression              (bal.)
   Swell Expression             (bal.)
   Gt/Ch Expression             (bal.)
   Crescendo                    (bal.)

ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic pitman and unit
VOICES: 37
STOPS: 73; inc. chimes & celesta
RANKS: 41
PIPES: 2,927

[Received on line from James R. Stettner November 18, 2009.]

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